J-Mar asked:
I have a somewhat old Sony Vaio PCG-SR5K laptop and it has a pre-installed 56k modem in it. I’ve used it to get online in the past, but only on dial-up. Other than the fact that one is internal and the other operates through a pcmcia slot, is there a difference between the pre-installed modem I have and these PC Card Modems I keep hearing about? If so, what is the difference?
I have a somewhat old Sony Vaio PCG-SR5K laptop and it has a pre-installed 56k modem in it. I’ve used it to get online in the past, but only on dial-up. Other than the fact that one is internal and the other operates through a pcmcia slot, is there a difference between the pre-installed modem I have and these PC Card Modems I keep hearing about? If so, what is the difference?
Also, which one of these modems could I use to get online with a cell phone and a data cable? Thanks to anyone who can help me.
Sorry. In regards to connecting with a cell phone, what I’m asking is can I use the modem that’s already in the laptop to connect to the internet with a cell phone? Or would I need to use another type?
I should probably also mention that I have a standard phone jack port on the laptop and not an ethernet port.
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Tags: Ethernet, Internal Modem, Modem Card
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There is not much difference really, but the internal one is easily installed if you formated your computer, since it’s a built in device, it will be automatically identified, but the other modem cards would need an installation CD to identify them and install their driver …
the cell phone is a different thing though .. I didn’t get what you wanted with it ..
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you need broadband which requires a NIC (network interface card) for voice. These are considerebly faster than dial up connections. If you mean the difference between an internal dial up modem and an external one, theres unlikely to be any differtence, both operate at an immensly slow rate
However the one built in (the internal one) will be slightly faster, same goes for USB wireless sticks versus PCMCIA - closer to the motherboard the faster.
No, you cant use voip on a 56k line, the delay would be 3 seconds or so even with a fast connection speed. Its possible but not worth it in my opinion.
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For all practical intents and purposes they are the same. The real difference is the physical size of each and the age of the older card. You should be able to configure either to work with the cell phone and data cable. However, it would have to be a data capable of connecting to both the cell and the computer.
I hope this helps.